Rutgers philosophy professor to deliver Norton Memorial Lecture

4:26 p.m., Sept. 12, 2014--Douglas N. Husak, professor of philosophy at Rutgers University, will deliver the fall David Norton Memorial Lecture at 3:45 p.m., Friday, Sept. 26, in the Bacchus Theatre of the University of Delaware’s Perkins Student Center.

Husak will present a speculative thesis on the topic “Why Does Our Punitive Drug Policy Persist?”

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The lecture, which is presented by the UD Department of Philosophy in memory of the late UD philosophy professor, is free and open to the public.

It is supported by the David Norton Memorial Fund, the Makiguchi Foundation, the Class of 1955 Ethics Endowment Fund and the American Philosophical Association.

Husak earned his doctorate in philosophy and law degree from Ohio State University. 

He is an internationally acclaimed legal philosopher whose research focuses on the criminal law. His interest in decisions about criminalization has led him to critically examine the rationale for drug prohibitions.

Husak’s considerable body of work includes The Philosophy of Criminal Law (2010), Overcriminalization: The Limits of the Criminal Law (2008), and Legalize This! The Case for Decriminalizing Drugs (2002).